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摘要

Before artist Pope saw a screen ing of the new Star Trek, he made a list of things he loves about the franchise. Spock came out on top. "He is a very magical character, sort of a philosopher-warrior," says Pope, who recalls watching the original TV series with his dad. Pope won two Eisner awards for his comic Batman: Year 100, and for this issue he teamed with screenwriting duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to relate an epic struggle in the Vulcan's life (page 112). "Spock is like James Bond orZorro. He just gets stuck in your brain." We hired Selinker to drive you a little bit crazy this month. A puzzle master and cofounder of Lone Shark Games, he and his team-Teeuwynn Woodruff, Sean Trowbridge, and Mark Gottlieb-worked with some of the biggest names in the biz to create the mind-bending challenges you'll find throughout this issue. Selinker, a columnist for Games magazine, says that the goal was to engage our smarty-pants readers on their own terms. "We wanted to make sure that these were not just puzzles," he says. "We wanted them to be wired puzzles." For starters, check out the sudoku on page 14.